A 65-year-old man presented to the ED with 1 day of acute onset mid-thoracic and low back pain, difficulty ambulating and ...

I’ve been suffering from back pain for years, and imaging shows Modic changes at L5-S1. What does this mean, and could it be the cause of my chronic pain? Modic changes in simple terms are ...

With the Super Bowl and NFL season now over, the next big phase for the Lions is free agency. The legal tampering period of ...

Co-Chief Emeritus of the spine service at HSS, Harvinder Sandhu, M.D., told OTW, “Historically, depression is associated with ...

In a first step she searched in Medline and Embase (from 1974 to July 2010) for studies potentially reporting on radiological criteria for describing lumbar stenosis. Search was performed ...

However, surgery at the lumbar spine might have an inadvertent beneficial effect on other mechanical pain generators. Innovative methods have to be developed to overcome these problems.

A woman spent three months in hospital with severe complications from spinal fusion surgery to treat lower back pain, costing her insurer $343,950. A further 13 claims related to complications ...

But after undergoing surgery to repair a pinched nerve back in March 2024 left him questioning his future in the NBA. "There were times, last summer, when I was like, 'I don't know if I can do this.

A lumbar puncture (spinal tap) is a common test doctors use to check for signs of MS in your spinal fluid. But a lumbar puncture on its own isn’t enough to confirm an MS diagnosis. Diagnosing ...

Medicare covers medically necessary surgery, including different types of back surgery. Part A can help cover the hospitalization cost, and Part B can help with the cost of physical therapy ...

This report describes a 53-year-old male who presented with low back pain and a movement disorder in his lower limbs. MRI and PET/CT scans of the lumbar spine revealed an ... aspirates testing for ...